People
Our people are our strength. With the relevant experience and expertise of individual members of our team, we ensure you that our services are of top quality.
Ali Naeem
Managing Partner
Ali advises clients in a wide range of corporate matters, including inbound investments, with a focus on tax aspects of the transactions. Ali advises audit firms and local law firms on various contentious tax issues.
Abdulla Waris
Partner
Waris focuses on corporate matters, mostly, on resort and hotel acquisitions, projects and infrastructure. He has headed the legal section of the tax authority and has acted as a local law expert in arbitration cases.
Fathuhulla Ismail
Partner
Fathuhulla represents local and international clients in litigation and disputes involving a wide range of civil and employment matters. He has extensive experience in litigations involving contracts and debt recovery.
Husam Shareef
Partner
Husam advises clients on all aspects of tax planning and controversy, representing several multinational companies in tax disputes. He concentrates his practice on tax efficient business formations and acquisitions.
Madeeh Ahmed
Partner
Madeeh is a chartered accountant and specializes in the tax aspects of the corporate undertakings and transactions that usually involve large and complex transactions that constitute the firm’s major practice areas.
Hamdhulla Hussain
Partner
Hamdulla is a fellow at ACCA and specializes in tax accounting. His work is mainly transactional in nature but frequently works with the firm’s lawyers in tax litigation and dealing with contentious taxation matters.
Ibrahim Mohamed
Partner
Ibrahim’s background is in finance and tax planning. He has extensive experience in tax training and he takes a special interest in valuations and loss quantification in commercial disputes, and forensic accounting engagements.
Mariyam Naufa
Counsel
Naufa specialises in the corporate and commercial practices of the firm. Her practice is focused on insurance law and has advised large corporate clients in several insurance disputes. She also takes a particular interest in arbitration and is now an Associate CIArb (ACIArb) member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Zaina Zahir
Advisor
Zaina’s practice covers a broad range of Maldives and cross-border tax matters, with a particular focus on the tax aspects of corporate acquisitions, transfer pricing,and resolution of disputes on related matters.
Hussain Zameel
Counsel
Zameel advises clients on regulatory and banking compliance, foreign investment and business registration. His areas of particular interest include corporate governance, competition and consumer protection laws.
Ali Muraadh
Advisor
Muraadh specialises in all areas of taxation with a particular focus on advising clients on tax impacts of complex high-dollar transactions. His expertise in advising clients on debt restructuring, financing structures and project acquisitions are notable.
Nazaha Nasheed
Associate
Nazaha handles disputes and controversies in a range of practice areas including tax law, land law and employment law. She also takes a particular interest in issues involving public international and human rights law.
Ahmed Thaail
Junior Associate
Thaail’s experiences at our firm include a variety of matters including drafting commercial agreements, advising and assisting on corporate-related matters. Thoil takes a special interest in company law and regulatory disputes.
Aishath Lamya Aslam
Junior Associate
Lamya takes a keen interest in alternative dispute resolution, in particular, international arbitration. Lamya’s contributions to our firm include primarily assisting lawyers to attend to court cases and conducting legal research.